A Novel Technique to Characterize Klebsiella pneumoniae Populations Indicates that Mono-Colonization is Associated with Risk of Infection
Lavinia V. Unverdorben, Sophia Mason, Wei-Sheng Wu, Moraima Noda, Stuart Castaneda, Jay Vornhagen, Evan S. Snitkin, Krishna K. Rao, Michael A. Bachman
This paper develops wzi-Seq, a method to detect and quantify Klebsiella strains in gut samples, and finds that mono-colonization is associated with increased infection risk.
bioRxiv · Nov 5, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology